>>I always found myself surprised at the names of the students being
>>thrown around the room (they were often the students that I loved
>>to work with and that didn't want to leave my room or would come
>>back and ask if they could stay).<<
I loved the times when this would happen because I could then give
that teacher an insight into the student from a different
perspective. Doing that supports our cause - we can illustrate the
fact that sometimes the art room is the only place where a student
feels success...